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Single mom Whitney Gassaway only wishes now she'd listened to her gut. "It's too good to be true, but once I called and talked to them, I really thought, OK I'm going to at least try this," Whitney says.

Times Square is a strange place. Hundreds of blinking lights and screens, a military recruiter, a naked cowboy, and on Monday afternoon, hip-hop artist Wyclef Jean handing out free, promotional $50 Western Union gift cards to passersby.

As part of its corporate social responsibility, Western Union Ghana, and its agents, has donated 600 school desks and chairs to six underprivileged schools, in support of education in the country.

Western Union Co. said Monday it would promote an insider to chief operating officer effective Jan.

The phone rings. You recognize the voice as your nephew's. He's calling from Canada, where he says he's been on a fishing trip with some buddies.

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed . Thanks for visiting! My CMO 2.0 Conversation with Gail Galuppo, the CMO at Western Union was both fun and refreshing.

The yellowed Western Union telegram, dated Sept. 17, 1949, is a chatty note between close friends catching up - "HOPE YOUR ARE FINE" ... "YOUR ROOM SOUNDS PERFECT" ... "YOUR LETTERS MAKE ME HOMESICK." It closes with "LOVE FROM YOUR MOTHER, MARION." That's Marion as in Marion Koogler McNay .

Internet fraudsters are in operation all over the world, tricking people out of their money on a daily basis.

The elderly have long been the target of scam artists. The following is a true account of one such scam perpetrated on the aunt of a local retired police officer.

RBTT Bank Tuesday launched its new facilitated Western Union services at its branch locations in St.

A scam targeting women is making its way around Houston. Recipients receive a check for what they are told is a large shopping spree, but police said it can be disastrous for the bank account.

Another York County resident was bilked out of money in a wire fraud scheme known as the "grandma scam" -- this time an 85-year-old Chanceford Township woman.

New York // The UN has praised firms from the UAE and across the region for increasingly funding aid efforts, saying a burst of activity shows corporate philanthropy is taking hold in the Middle East.

Attention all parents and grandparents: there is a scam sweeping the state that preys on your love for your children and grand-children. The call came to Get Gephardt from a Bountiful grandfather who says he was duped into sending away thousands of dollars when he believed his grandson was in trouble.

Education grants worth a total of $5,000 were awarded to 10 migrant workers in Brunei by Western Union and HOPE worldwide Singapore yesterday at the Sheraton Hotel.

Transacting money to and from Africa comes in a variety of flavors. Generally, besides country-specific solutions, there are: bank wires, Western Union or MoneyGram, buying phone cards in-country that can be resold, cash in a suitcase, mail a check , etc.

Kenyans can now receive money from friends and family in the United Kingdom directly to their M-PESA mobile banking accounts.

Kampala He used to keep his daily earnings in the house until June when he opened a mobile money account with an aim of developing a savings culture.

Nagercoil: The International Post Corporation has selected the Head Post Office here for giving 'service excellence award' for its foreign currency exchange service, being extended in association with the Western Union money transfer agency.

The scam promises large cash loans at an attractive rate of interest over a long repayment period.